Meet The Team
IAN DONOGHUE
Director / Senior Occupational Therapist
Ian is an Occupational Therapist servicing in the Southern Highlands and Goulburn region. Ian is a generalist OT working across all age groups who enjoys supporting people to live their best lives. Ian has completed additional training in Mental Health, FASD, Access Consulting, Assistive Technology, home and building design and Autism.
Ian is also an accredited Access Consultant, SDA Assessor/Certifier and Livable Housing Australia Assessor.
In his spare time Ian loves cooking, travel, bush walking, spending time with friends and family and enjoying the incredible natural environment in and around the southern highlands.
SEAN DALY
Director / Senior Occupational Therapist
Sean is an Occupational Therapist servicing in the Northern NSW and lower Gold Coast region. Sean specialises in home modifications and has experience in assistive technology, acquired and traumatic brain injury and adult autistic spectrum disorder. Sean has completed additional training in home modifications, Access Consulting, Assistive Technology, and Parkinson’s.
Sean is also an accredited Access Consultant, SDA Assessor/Certifier and Livable Housing Australia Assessor.
Outside of the work environment Sean leads an active life, centred around his young family and enjoys any activity that involves water and the outdoors.
DANE PRICHARD
Senior Occupational Therapist
Dane is an occupational therapist based in the Tweed region, Northern Rivers and Southern Gold Coast. He is a generalist OT, who has experience with and works in areas including but not limited to mental health, supported housing, SDA, home modifications, and assistive technology (including wheelchair prescription). Dane has completed additional training in mental health, access consulting, manual handling, home modification design and goal management plans.
Dane is also an accredited Access Consultant and an SDA Assessor/Certifier..
In his spare time Dane enjoys being involved in team sports and physical activity, spending time with his friends and family and enjoying the beauty of the natural environment in and around the North Coast.
ELLISE TWOHILL
Senior Occupational Therapist
Ellise is an occupational therapist servicing Murwillumbah and the Tweed coast, Kyogle, Ballina and Lismore areas. Ellise is a paediatric OT who has experience working with children aged 2 to 16 years working in collaboration with families and schools to best support the needs of each individual child. Ellise has completed additional training including but not limited to learn to play, toileting, handwriting,neurosequential model of therapy and reflex integration.
In her spare time Ellise enjoys cooking, arts and crafts, physical exercise and long walks along the local coastal regions and bushlands.
Chad Calderon
Occupational Therapist
Chad is an occupational therapist servicing the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast regions. As a generalist OT, Chad works with clients across the lifespan and enjoys supporting individuals and families from a wide range of backgrounds. With strong family ties to the region, he is passionate about his local community, building strong therapeutic relationships and promoting independence and wellbeing in his client’s everyday life.
Outside of work, Chad enjoys spending time with his young family and energetic cattle dog, as well as surfing, training jiu jitsu, and making the most of the outdoor lifestyle the region has to offer.
Regina Gordon
Occupational Therapist
Regina is an occupational therapist based in the Clunes region, Northern Rivers. She is a
generalist OT working with adults with over 15 years’ experience. Regina has worked in many areas including but not limited to mental health, aged care, supported housing, and SDA. Regina has completed additional training in
lymphedema, mental health, and manual handling.
In her spare time Regina enjoys hiking, birding, reading and travelling, previously from
north Queensland she is still getting to know this beautiful area and doesn’t mind traveling to remote locations.
SEAMUS PETTIGREW
Occupational Therapist
Seamus is an occupational therapist based in the Tweed, Northern Rivers and Southern Gold Coast. He is a generalist OT with experience in assessing diagnosing and treating common conditions of the upper limb, assistive technology and mental health. Seamus has undergone additional training in splinting, casting and prescription of orthosis along with customising exercises programs to optimize and maintain upper limb function.
In his spare time Seamus enjoys getting in the ocean with his young family, tinkering with tools in his garage and travelling.
Tara Banks
Occupational Therapist
Tara is an Occupational Therapist servicing the Tweed Coast and Northern Rivers regions. She is an OT with special interest in paediatrics and is enthusiastic about working alongside young children and their families to support the development of skills to overcome challenges and reach their potential. Tara values the dynamic and unique needs of every child and their family, embracing a holistic, client centred approach to create genuine therapeutic relationships.
Outside of work, Tara loves to spend time with her family and friends, stay active outside and spend time at the beautiful beaches along the Northern Rivers.
Ellice Cook
Occupational Therapist
Ellice is an Occupational Therapist based in the Tweed region, working across the Northern Rivers and Gold Coast area in a generalist capacity. With a background in hand and upper limb therapy, Ellice also brings valuable experience from the mental health and disability support sectors. She is passionate about empowering individuals to live meaningful and independent lives, with a strong holistic, person-centred approach to therapy.
Outside of work, Ellice enjoys spending time in nature—whether it’s mountain or valley hikes, time in the ocean or just exploring. Come the weekend, you also may just find her with a camera in hand doing a photography shoot. She has many creative hobbies; pottery, painting, writing and drawing, and all round enjoys appreciating and capturing the many beautiful things and moments that surround her.”
Kerry Carter
Practice Manager
Kerry’s background is over 25 years experience providing executive administration and support.
Kerry loves working with people to help achieve better outcomes through health services by providing a high level of friendly support to our participants and their families and always ensuring that participant care is provided efficiently and effectively.
Kerry enjoys day to day challenges, streamlining the office and offering level of support to her Maintain Independence Team.
In her spare time Kerry enjoys spending time with her family and friends, weekends away, reformer pilates and enjoying all of the local goodness the Southern Highlands has to offer.
CHERYL MORTIMORE
Practice Manager
Cheryl is the Practice Manager for our team of Occupational Therapists who service both the Southern Highlands and the Northern Rivers area of NSW. Cheryl has a background in Exercise Physiology and has lived and worked on the Central Coast and then Far West NSW. More recently Cheryl relocated to the Lismore area where she gained extensive experience working in the NDIS space as a Local Area Coordinator and then Support Coordinator.
In her leisure time Cheryl loves to stay fit and spend time in her garden. She also enjoys travelling, going to the beach, bush walking or catching up with family and friends for picnics and social activities.